Wagon-seat



R. PEDERSON.

(No Model.)

WAGON- SEAT.

No. 522,387. Patented July s, 1894.

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RASMUS PEDERSON, OF DRAMMAN, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATIONVforming part of Letters vPatent No. 522,387, dated July 31894. Application filed March 13,1894. Serial No. 503,430- (No model.)

\ Be it known that I, RAsMUs PEDERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dramman, in the county of Lincoln and State of Minnesota,have invented certainK new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Seats; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relatesv to seats and is of a `construction especiallyadapting the same for use on wagons, farm implements and various otherkinds of vehicles.

VTo this end, the invention consists of several novel featureshereinafter fully described and defined in the claims.

The inventionfis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, likeletters referring to like parts throughout the several views- Figure 1is a front View, partly in elevation, but chiefly in vertical section,showing my i improved seat as applied for use on a wagonbox or body.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, some parts being broken away. Fig. 3is a front elevation of the seat detached. Fig. 4 is a view chieiiy invertical section, on the line X X of Fig. 3, the seat being shown inelevation; and Fig. 5 is'a detail in cross'section, on the line X2 X2 ofFigs. 3 and 4, with the spring removed.

a, represents a wagon-bed or body, or ,any other base of support, towhich the seat might be attached.

b represents the body of the seat. p d d d2 represent asectionalsupporting standard for the seat body b; of which parts, d is thepedestal section, shown as provided with an expanded base, securable bybolts d3 or otherwise, to the Wagon-box a, and d cl2 are upper sectionssecured to the seat-body, arranged concentric with each other andtelescoping with the pedestal d, one on the exterior and the other onthe interior thereof. The pedestal section d is recessed to form thereinangular guiding surfacesd4; and one of the upper sections, theinternalmember d2, as shown, is provided with a rectangular guiding surface d,which works in the recesses and engages with certain of the angularsurfacesd4 of the pedestal section d. In virtue of this construction,the seat-body b together with the upper standard sections d d2 may belifted above the pedestal section d, and the angular surface d5, on thesection d2 may be made to engage with any of the angular surfaces d4 onthe pedestal section d, so as tosecure the seat-body on the pedestalsection, in any one of several different positions or angularadjustments in the horizontal plane. In other words, the seat-body b maybe set at any one of several different angles tothe transverse line ofthe wagon-body a, and be there held with freedom for vertical slidin gmotion on the pedestal section and against any rotary motion on saidpedestal section. To secure this result, all that is necessary is, thatthe supporting standard for the seat-bodyshould be composed of at leasttwo telescoping sections having engaging surfaces, which are adapted forengagement in dierent horizontal angular positions, with a wrench likeaction.

or of any other polygonal form in cross section. As shown, the pedestalsection d is cylindrical on`its exterior surface, and the recess thereinis cruciform in cross section and radial from a hollow center, and istherefore adapted to receive the engaging surface d5, on the standardsection d2, in any one of four angular positions. It must be obvious,however, that these engaging surfaces d4 and d5 might take any of theother forms already noted, and that the engaging surfaces forcooperation in this guiding and holding action between the telescopingsections of the standard, might be on the interior or exterior of eitherof two sections, as long as they were adapted to engage with each otherand hold the parts indifferent angular positions in the horizontalplane. The section d2, for example, might be dispensed with, and theguiding surfaces d or the equivalents thereof be formed on the sectiond. When the parts are in working position,one of the standard sectionscarried by the seat, rests upon and Vis supported by a spring f,supported by the pedestal section d.

The seat-body b lis centrally` pivoted to the standard sections d d?, bypivot or hinge-bolt g, working through a bracket-casting g', and' theupper ends of the said standard section. The bracket casting g' issecured to the bot- TOO tom of the seat by bolts g2 or in any othersnitable way, and is properly recessed torreceivc the upper ends of thesaid standard sections. The outer ends of the seat-body are connectedwith the standard section d', by yielding or spring-braces 7c ofcurvilinear form, which are preferably made of comparativelystid' springsteel. These braces 7c are connected at their ends to the said seat-bodyb and the said standard section d', by screw-bolts 7c', or in any othersuitable way. In virtue of this construction, the spring f takes thedirect strain` from the load on the seat and gives the necessaryyieldlng action in the vertical plane, parallel with the axis of thesupporting standard; while the spring-braces r, and the pivotalconnection of` the seat with the standard, alford a sidewise yieldingaction to the seat, under any nnequally:distributed` strains l or jars.The combined effect of the springsf and 7s, on the seat-body b, is torender the same spring cushioned in everydirection,except longitudinallyof the wagon-body. The seat is there fore, a very easy riding one.

The fact that the seat-body is securable t0 its support in any one ofseveral different angular positions in the horizontal plane, withfreedom for vertical sliding motion with its springs, While held againstany rotary motion on lts support, is a great advantage in the class ofuses, for which the seat was espe` cially designed.

On the open prairie, in certain lseasons of the year,the winds areviolentand bitter cold, and are very hard to endure by a driver who hasto face them. With my improved seat, it will not be necessary for thedriver to face the blast. I-Iecan adjust `the seat into such anangle,that he can sit with his back or his side to the Wind, and thus beto a large extent protected. A swiveled seat for this purpose wouldnotbe so desirable; for the reason that such a seat would not afford agood base of resistance in handling a fractions team. Such a seat(swiveled) would be liable to turn on its support, at the very time whenthe driver needed a firm position, to hold or check his animals.

The standard section CZ is shown as provided with a rearwardly extendedlug g3, which `forms a rest or back-stop for the hinge bracket g of theseat body and thereby prevents, inco-operation with the hinge bolt g,the seat from turning backward.

What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In a seat, the combination with a suitable support of a seat-bodysecurable thereon with freedom for vertical motion and against rotarymotion in any one of several different angular positions in thehorizontal plane, and springs between said support and seat-bod y,substantially as described.

2. `In-a seat, thelcombination with a seatscoping oneinside and theother outside of t said pedestal section, the said pedestal section andone of said upper sections having angular engaging surfaces which areadapted for engagement, in different horizontal angu-w lar positions,with a wrench likeaction, sub stantially as and for the purposes set.forth.

4. In a seat, the combination with the seatbody Z), of the sectionalstandard composed of the pedestal section (Z, havingthe angular guidingsurfaces d, the upper sections d d? telescoping with said pedestalsection,the i-nternal member cl2 of which has the angular guidingsurface d5 and the springf, arranged and operating as described.

5. In a seat, the combination with a central support, of a seat-bodycentrally pivoted to said support, and spring braces `connectlng theouter or end portions of said seat with said support, for aifording asidewise yielding action to said seat-body,substantiallyasidescribed.

6. In a seat, the combination with a sec-i` tional supporting standard,composedofval lower or pedestal section and one or l more upper sectionstelescoping with said pedestal section, of a springbetween saidpedestaland uppersection or sections, a seatbody centrally pivoted tosaid upper standard section` or sections and springbraces connectingthe`outer or end portions of said seat with said upper standard sections,substantiallyas de-r scribed.

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7 The combination with the sectional standl ard d d d2, two telescopingmembers of which have angular engaging surfaces d'1 d of `the l spring fbetween the lixed and the movable standard sections, the seat-bodylbcentrally pivoted to said standard section d d2, andthe curvilinearspring-braces 7c connecting .the`

outer or end portions of said seatbody, with said standard section d',all arranged and Opf erating substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.`

RASMUS IEDERSONJ Witnesses:

A. C. MATTI-mwa, PETER PETERSON.

